Synonyms for colonization
col·o·niza·tion

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1. colonization, colonisation, settlementnoun

   the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies

   "the British colonization of America"

   Synonyms:
   village, closure, settlement, small town, resolution, liquidation, colonisation, colony

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1. • Establishment

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1. List of paraphrases for "colonization":

   colonisation, settlement, colonialism, decolonization, colonizing, colonial

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1. Erik Terena:

   We are living under a government that uses fake news and lies to harm the indigenous population, we are having to fight against a new colonization by resorting to ethno-media to tell the truth about us.

2. Pope Francis:

   This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century.

3. Kate Darian-Smith:

   It’s very uncomfortable for all of us, but it does at least focus us on our past, on colonization, on what our society is, on what we might want it to be, and how we, particularly on this day, see and understand and recognize the experiences of First Nations people.

4. Med Jones:

   The historical crusades against Muslim lands, the colonization of Spain by the Muslim Moors and India by the British were all driven by economic interests, despite the advertised reasons that were used to mobilize their armies at the time. In my opinion, the invasion of Iraq was not about spreading democracy or weapons of mass destruction, it was about the oil.

5. Bill Maher:

   The Jews has been in that area of the world since about 1200 B.C., way before the first Muslim or Arab walked the earth. ... I mean, Jerusalem was their capital. So if it's who got there first, it's not even close, the Jews were the ones who were occupied by everybody ; the Romans took over at some point and then the Persians and the Byzantines and then the Ottomans. So yes, there was colonization going on there. Beginning in the 19th century, they started to return to Palestine, which was never an Arab country. There was never a country called Palestine that was a distinct Arab country.